Melvin's a good call, I guess, though I thought Charlie Manuel did a better job considering the injuries the Phils had. But for Arizona to win as many games as it did despite being outscored for the season, maybe Melvin pushed all the right buttons.

And while we're on the subject, why does the BBWAA wait so freakin' long to release these? Why not just do it during the playoffs (as football, basketball and hockey do) when people still give a shit?

I think this is probably the right call. Torre did do a fine job of getting the Yankees to the playoffs after the Yankees' horrible start, but Wedge did a nice job to pull the Indians away from the pack and almost get home field for the playoffs.

The 19-9 month of September the Indians had probably helped his cause greatly.

I'll try my best. As some of the old timers (Jack Lang, Dick Young, Milton Richman, Frank Dolson, Charlie Feeney et.al.) explained to me many years ago, they didn't want the announcements to be buried by playoffs and World Series, that they would get more play doing it this way. And yes, there is some sense of self-importance involved in keeping baseball (and the BBWAA) in the news throughout the year. When people used to complain about the voting, Lang would say something like, "It keeps us in the news."

Hey, I had nothing to do with these rules, I'm just serving as messenger. Personally, it doesn't make much difference to me but I see no reason to change now.

I'll try my best. As some of the old timers (Jack Lang, Dick Young, Milton Richman, Frank Dolson, Charlie Feeney et.al.) explained to me many years ago, they didn't want the announcements to be buried by playoffs and World Series, that they would get more play doing it this way. And yes, there is some sense of self-importance involved in keeping baseball (and the BBWAA) in the news throughout the year. When people used to complain about the voting, Lang would say something like, "It keeps us in the news."

Hey, I had nothing to do with these rules, I'm just serving as messenger. Personally, it doesn't make much difference to me but I see no reason to change now.

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I like it this way -- a couple weeks after the World Series and one section of awards a day. Rather than releasing all of them at once, we can reflect on each winner(s) one day at a time.